Luiz Rocha

Luiz Rocha

Genres: harmonica, blues, mpb, indie, bluesrock

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About Luiz Rocha

The Bio below was translated from Portuguese to English using the Google Translator program. The original text can be read here: https://sites.google.com/site/lrharp/release Living solely from his activities with the harmonica, such as concerts and lectures, Luiz Rocha also markets its own method of harmonics. His ten years on the road and six solo career, earned him the merit of harmonica player reference in Bahia. With a CD released mainly blues rock - the album Step Fund - Luiz also adds to his harmonica at gigs and recordings of artists from many different musical genres. Be the Pop to Reggae, Samba or Forró to the Sertanejo Stylish Viola, he undoes the false impression that the instrument is restricted to blues and other American rhythms. Self-taught, Luiz joined the music on the guitar in the late '90s. Inspired by the Country Music Singer-North American Alan Jackson, played in bars and joined bands of the genre such as The Mustangs and Winchesters, always as a backing vocalist and guitar player base. But it was after hearing the song "Walkin 'With Snooky" (Snooky Pryor) in 2001 which became more interested in the harmonica, identifying himself much with the Blues, especially after listening to banda Blues ethyl (Flávio Guimarães). Since then decided to explore the sonority of the instrument by inserting it more often in their repertoire and meet other harmonica players looking for more experienced as Yberê Camargo, who in late 2003, taught him to amplify the sound of the harmonica. Through Yberê, Luiz started listening to the great masters of blues harmonica Chicago veterans since Little Walter, James Cotton, Junior Wells to trendy as Sugar Blue. It was then that he began to invest in career harmonica player, following several papers and forming his first band blues - Delta Blue - with guitarist North American soul man Lon Bové. The latter greatly influenced in his musical maturity. Alongside Luiz accompanied with guitar and harmonica, between 2001 and 2005, sometimes acoustic, sometimes with banda, the country artist and countryman Paul Ray. Who was practically introduced into the routine of a professional musician extending its agenda to other bars, restaurants, corporate parties, rodeos and agricultural events in the inner cities of Bahia and even other states, such as São Paulo and Ceará. In this work, in times of festivals Juninas sometimes accordionist Luiz replaced the group which helped him to develop the "Adam's apple" to these musicians employ rhythmic bellows to move the arms. So Luiz learned to move with his instrument in northeastern rhythms. This coupled with the parallel study of the major references that have the harmonica percussividade main characteristic style of play led him to develop a technique refined rhythmic. In 2004 Luiz contacted harmonica player Rio Jefferson Gonçalves who influenced him to hear names like Peter Madcat and Sonny Terry, harmonica players essential in the formation of his style. Besides these three, also studied the technique of the instrument as beasts Sugar Blue, Mark Ford, Andy Just and JJ Milteau, which gave the way for the implementation of more precise and melodic solos and inspire today. Starting a solo career in 2006, became the endorsee Bends Harmonicas (factory pipes of São Paulo which unfortunately closed its doors in 2011), three consecutive years participating in shows at the Expo booth brand Music (SP). Step Fund launched in 2008 - the first album of a harmonica player soteropolitano - whose track titled "Until Yesterday" was among the five finalists in the category "Show of the Year" award in the Bahia de Todos os Rocks (Rock Grammy Bahia). His versatility earned him participations in albums and concerts by artists such as Álvaro Assmar, Alex Goes, Paul Ray, Ivete Sangalo (boot menu Can Sign DVD), Black Adam and Peter Tosh. Own teaching method with a little over five years, his "method in audio" tonou become quite popular among beginners of various regions of the country. Always interested in researching the history of the harmonica and focused on creating ways to give greater visibility to the instrument that plays, Luiz Rocha realized from constant visits to the stores of musical instruments, and the interaction with his students and friends harmonica players, the need for enable a space interests focused on spreading the instrument in Salvador. Once created Papo de Gaita - social network that brings together fans of harmonica, promoting the exchange of information and promoting the culture of harmonica through concerts, workshops, jam sessions, meetings, creating websites, blogs and discussion groups. This project led him to renew contact with his former student Breno Padua and meet Ramon El-Bacha, members of his new musical group, Trio of Bagpipes Harmonica Zone.

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